Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee: Why Bitcoin Makes Sense

Bobby Lee Video:

In this video, Lee answers some of the most common questions about the cryptocurrency, explains how its value is set and why it is the perfect monetary system for the digital age.

Bobby Lee is the CEO of BTCChina, the world’s current second largest bitcoin exchange as of 2014. Founded in 2011, it was China’s first bitcoin exchange, and most of its customers are thought to be Chinese. Bobby Lee joined in 2013, after investing his own money and attracting other investors, and contributed to the growth of the company in terms of market share and also in workforce, BTCChina now has 20 employees, instead of 2 when Bobby Lee joined.

He started his career in Silicon Valley as a software engineer at Yahoo!, and led the development of the earliest online communities and was highly successful in the academic world as well, having graduated from Stanford University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science. Mr. Lee currently serves on the board of Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit organization that fosters the adoption of bitcoin globally.